In the Battle of Tsingtao, the Japanese Navy seized the German naval base of Qingdao.

When World War II broke out, the German Navy seized Solway Lass and used her as a supply ship.

In the last two years, the Israeli Navy has seized two boats laden with weapons that it said were destined for Palestinian militants.

The Colombian Navy seized the British steamer Taboga after the shi's captain refused to allow Colomban troops to be transported on the ship to Buenaventura.

We've been doing nothing but getting the damaged bird ready to go and packing up all our equipment before the Navy or the federal marshals seize it.

The courthouse books show that in 1942, four families living on the point were evicted when the Navy seized it for an aircraft base.

On 7 May 2001, the Israeli Navy seized a Palestinian boat filled with heavy weapons in the port of Haifa.

The French Navy seized at least five Greenpeace ships after they crossed into the 12-mile exclusion zones around the atolls.

The Georgian Navy blockaded the coast of Abkhazia, and has seized 23 cargo ships trying to bring supplies to Abkhazia, most notably fuel supplies.

On 31 May 2010 the Israeli Navy seized an aid convoy of six ships known as the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla".